Rudy Martinez and wonderful cast score
in
Remembering the Future: A Journey through the Mind of Rio
Hondo College
Article published: Wednesday,
April 26, 2006
El Monte Mid Valley Newspaper
Remembering the Future: A Journey through the Mind of Rio
Hondo College
Whittier —Rio Hondo College will present an original
play, "Remembering the Future: A Journey through the Mind of
Rio Hondo College," written by Bernardo Solano and directed
by William Korf. Performances will be April 27th through
April 29th at 8 pm and on April 30th at 2:30 pm in Wray
Theater on the Rio Hondo College campus, 3600 Workman Mill
Road, Whittier. Performances are open to the public and
parking is free.
Whittier —Rio Hondo College will present an original play,
"Remembering the Future: A Journey through the Mind of Rio
Hondo College," written by Bernardo Solano and directed by
William Korf. Performances will be April 27th through April
29th at 8 pm and on April 30th at 2:30 pm in Wray Theater on
the Rio Hondo College campus, 3600 Workman Mill Road,
Whittier. Performances are open to the public and parking
is free.
The play introduces a new theater genre to the campus.
Two years in the making, "Remembering the Future" evolved
from several two-hour meetings that were held with members
of classified staff. These meetings, called story circles,
involved 5 to 10 participants and were recorded by Mr.
Solano. Those conversations have served as the foundation of
which the play is built.
This type of community-based theater began as a way to
create an artistic voice for groups that historically have
not been heard. One other community-based company,
Cornerstone Theater Company, has been creating new plays and
adapting classic plays to mirror integral parts of everyday
life since 1986. Professor William Korf spent a portion of
his sabbatical with the Cornerstone Theater company and
brought his experience to the development of this play.
"Thousands of students are involved in the Arts programs
at Rio Hondo College," said Gary Mendez, President of the
Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees. "Through their
participation, students receive high quality cutting edge
education and exposure. This play is a wonderful example of
innovation in the Arts Department."
Korf and Solano created composite characters from the
story circle conversations. Not only are those stories the
basis for the play, but five of the 50 staff that
participated in the conversations will act in the play. The
hope is that this will be just the first of series of
performances from the many different groups that make up Rio
Hondo College.
"In a time of transition on this campus, the creation of
this play was very important. The goal is to build
understanding about how the campus has come to be and how
each of our lives plays a part in the transition of this
institution," said Korf. "I am hopeful that members of the
classified staff will attend the play-their participation
brings the entire process full circle."
"Remembering the Future" has 20 Rio Hondo College
students, both theater majors and non-theater majors are in
the cast. The play is the first community-based play that
Korf has directed and promises to be a historical event.
"Communication and collaboration is at the heart of this
College," said Dr. Rose Marie Joyce, President of Rio Hondo
College. "I look forward to attending the play and seeing
an illustration of that communication and collaboration in
action."
Halloween '05 and L.I.B. (Librarians In Black)
Taking our cue from "Men in Black" the
library staff pose threateningly in our lobby which was
decorated with scary items.
Rio Hondo College Archival Photographs
View a small, but growing, collection of archival photographs of
the campus.
Past Events
One Book, One Whittier
The City of Whittier read
The
Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West during the month of
February. There were book discussions, film screenings and
presentations throughout the City of Whittier. Copies of the
novel are available at Whittier Central Library, the Whittwood
Branch Library, and right here at the Rio Hondo College Library.
Luis
Rodriguez
California Stories : Reading
The Grapes of Wrath Library Display (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of
Wrath Subject Guide (John Steinbeck)
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